a prep. once, in late Hebrew, Est 9:26 עַל־כֶּ˜כָה concerning such a matter . With the interrog. אי , אֵיכָכָה how? (p. 32).
כָּהָה
S
3543
TWOT
957
GK
3908, 3909
]
vb.
be
or
grow dim, faint
(
NH id.;
Aramaic
כְּהָא
;
cf.
Arabic
كَﻩِىَ
(
kahiya
)
be
أَكْﻩَى
(
˒akhā
), i.e.
weak, cowardly
)
—
Qal
Pf.
3
fs.
כָּֽהֲתָה
Dt 34:
7;
Impf.
יִכְהֶה
Is 42:
4;
3
fs.
תִּכְהֶה
Zc 11:17
;
וַתֵּ˜כַהּ
Jb 17:
7;
וַתִּכְהֶיןָ
Gn 27:
1:
Inf. abs.
כָּהֹה
Zc 11:17
;—
grow dim
, of eye
Gn 27:11
(
J
),
Dt 34:7 Jb 17:
7; of violent putting out of eye
Zc 11:17
(×2);
he shall not grow dim
Is 42:
4, of servant of
י׳
under
fig.
of lamp or fire
(
v. Kay Che D
e), or
grow faint
(
cf.
D
i).
Pi.
Pf.
3
fs.
וְכִהֲתָה
consec.
Ez 21:12
(subj.
כָּל־רוּחַ
;
||
וְנָמֵס כָּל־לֵב
)
grow faint
(Pi
intrans.
,
Ges
§ 52 k,
Kö
i. 187; but read perhaps
כָּֽהֲתָה
).
•
[
כֵּהֶה
S
3544
TWOT
957a
GK
3910
]
adj.
dim, dull, faint
; only
f.
כֵּהָה
Lv 13:6
+
6 times;
pl.
כֵּהֹות
Lv 13:39 1 S 3:
2;—
dim
, of eyes
1 S 3:2
; of burning wick
(
פִּשְׁתָּה כ׳
)
Is 42:3
;
dull
(in colour, of plague-spots)
Lv 13:6
,
21
,
26
,
28
,
39
,
56
;
fig. =
faint
רוּחַ כ׳
Is 61:3
(
opp.
מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה
).
• כֵּהָה S 3545 TWOT 957b GK 3911 n.f. (dimming), lessening, alleviation ;— אֵין כ׳ לְשִׁבְרְךָ of Nineveh Na 3:19 (read גֵּהָה , healing ?).
כָּהָה S 3543 TWOT 957 GK 3908, 3909 ] vb. Pi. rebuke ( Syriac ܟܳܐܐ (ko˒) Mand.
כהא ( Nö M. 72) id. ) , only 1 S 3:13 sq. בְּ , כִהָה בָּם וְלֹא .
כהן ( √ of foll.; meaning dub. , v. Dr 2 S 8:1 8; Arabic vb. كَﻩَنَ (kahana) is divine, and كَاﻩِنٌ ( kāhinun ) ( Qor 52:29) is a seer , the organ (mostly) of a jinn, rarely of a god: the كَاﻩِنٌ ( kāhinun ) and the כֹּהֵן must have been orig. identical (both alike being guardians of an oracle, at a sanctuary); but their functions diverged: the كَاﻩِنٌ ( kāhinun ) gradually lost his connexion with the sanctuary, and sank to be a mere
Kay W. Kay. intrans. intransitive. Qor Qoran.
• I. [